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Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />B. The Local Health Department’s Child Health Audiology Consultant (CHAC) shall follow the <br />individual work plan developed annually (SFY) consistent with the plan for all other DPH EHDI <br />Consultants by the DPH Genetics and Newborn Screening Unit Manager which will include, but is <br />not limited to, the following activities: <br />1. Provide technical assistance to birthing facilities for hearing screening, rescreening and tracking <br />of infants born at each facility. <br />2. Provide consultation and technical assistance to public and private agencies (other stakeholders) <br />focusing on identification and intervention for children with hearing loss or communication <br />delays. <br />3. Provide technical assistance regarding the WCSWeb Hearing Link, North Carolina’s direct data <br />entry and tracking system. <br />4. Coordinate regional educational and networking meetings about newborn hearing screening for <br />personnel from birthing facilities and other involved stakeholders. <br />5. Keep track of data concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of each birthing facility in the <br />region and intervene when a facility appears to be missing hearing screenings on children or has <br />an excessive number of children who fail the screening. <br />6. Identify community resources and systems that identify and refer infants and children with <br />suspected late onset or progressive hearing loss or communication deficits. <br />7. Collaborate with care managers, private providers, local health departments, and others for the <br />tracking of infants and children with or at risk for hearing loss. <br />8. Supply educational materials about hearing loss and communication delays to agencies working <br />with families of young children. <br />9. Collaborate with community resources to screen children as part of special health promotion <br />events or part of Head Start or other community mass screening initiatives. <br />10. Provide support to individual families whose children have not had a newborn hearing screening <br />or have failed a hearing screening to ensure that they obtain the needed repeat hearing screenings <br />or diagnostic evaluations to determine the absence or presence of hearing loss. <br />11. Provide support to individual families whose children have been diagnosed with hearing loss to <br />ensure that they obtain the needed intervention services and family support services. <br />12. Promote public awareness related to the benefits of early hearing detection and intervention. <br />13. Identify and develop resources for provision of services to families in a culturally appropriate <br />setting and in their own language. <br />14. Educate private providers regarding the benefits of early hearing detection and intervention and <br />the reporting requirements of the State. <br />15. Coordinate with professionals in the DPH, Children and Youth Branch’s Early Intervention <br />Program regarding service delivery and transition issues for children with hearing loss. <br />16. Collaborate with other regional consultants to identify and develop appropriate communication- <br />related practices, skills and techniques. <br />17. Consult with public and private agencies and families in the selection and procurement of <br />communication-related equipment and/or other assistive devices/technology. <br />18. Collaborate with local audiologists in the expansion and development of audiology services for <br />children birth to 21 years. <br />    <br /><br /> <br />  <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BFA395D-8326-4051-8649-7137A23CCA99